Pemmican

Pemmican was a traditional food of many Native American Hunter-Gatherer tribes. It is a wonderful travel food, as it is very heat-stable and can last for many months outside of refrigeration without spoiling. Many veterans of an All-Meat diet have made and used Pemmican. The traditional recipes included wild fruits such as currents and blueberries, but these are omitted by those who follow the Zero Carb way of eating. For general information and a short history, please see the Wikipedia article on Pemmican about this unique food.

For a step-by-step tutorial on how to make Pemmican at home, please click on the link below:

If you would like to order Pemmican ready-made, the best product I know of is made by U.S. Wellness Meats. I have been told that it is not as good as homemade, but that it still the real deal. To learn more or place and order, please click on the link below:

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That is an EXCELLENT question. I think if you make your own from freshly slaughter beef and dry it in 24 hours, then it would not be high in histamines. However, if you by beef that has been aged, it might me a problem. Therefore, it would be best to make you own with a source of beef that you already know is histamine-free. Dried fresh wild game meat or bison might be a good choice too, if you have access to that. The tallow itself should be fine, as the histamines are located in the muscle tissue only.

Joe, I so want to try making my own pemmican with beef that I know is fresh. Most beef is aged and high in histamine, so I cannot use just any beef (so I am not sure the pemmican from US Wellness would work for me?). But this is in my plans for the future. I love the ease and freedom it would provide. I think it could be very healing too.

I just watched a youtube video on pemmican preparation by Carolina Kipnis. We used to be on the same zero-carb forum.The video is quite old but the instructions are very clear. I don’t travel and my one meal a day (meat/fat) eliminates any other food so pemmican is not on my to-do list.